New Election, New Generation, please

I think that Andrew Sullivan has put forth the best reason for support Obama, which he explored at length in a cover story the The Atlantic a few months ago. The babyboomers have been destructive and they have to go. Is the next generation (what are we calling it?) going to fare any better? There’s no guarantee, but it’s hard to imagine it failing any worse.

Famous last words?

Regardless, Hillary and McCain do represent a mentality that has driven this country into the ground culturally and politically. It’s a me-me-me focus that is out of touch with everyone who isn’t just like me-me-me. Instead of thinking forward, it’s mired in a fantasy present that the activism of the 60s didn’t deliver and the poll-based-politics of today continue to imagine. It seems to me like a parent who, failing during the crucial years and watching his or her children spin off the deep in their teen years has decided to forcibly re-enter the scene in their 20s and tell them to open up so the airplane can deliver its cargo of applesauce.

We don’t need to be fed anymore, and that’s the bottom line. It’s time we start cooking.

…that being said, I have a feeling somebody that survived North Vietnamese torture camps can probably cook a hearty meal on a low budget.